Bobby Ball Memorial
Phoenix International Raceway
1 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/200 Miles
November 17, 1968

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 13 Gary Bettenhausen 11 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Gerhardt Offy TC 200 1:54:19 104.972 400
2 9 Lloyd Ruby 25 Gene White Mongoose Offy TC 200 Finished 320
3 21 George Snider 16 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Gerhardt Offy TC 200 Finished 14
4 14 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 98 Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid Shrike Offy TC 197 Flagged 240
5 10 Sam Sessions 14 Quaker State Gerhardt Offy TC 196 Flagged 200
6 15 Jim McElreath 38 Jack Adams Aircraft/Wynn's Brawner Offy TC 196 Flagged 160
7 8 Gordon Johncock 4 Gilmore Broadcasting Gerhardt Offy TC 190 Flagged 120
8 17 Larry Dickson 21 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Ford TC 180 Flagged 100
9 20 Mike Mosley 90 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Offy TC 177 Flagged 40
10 19 Bud Tingelstad 10 Federal Engineering Gerhardt Offy TC 167 Flagged 60
11 7 Roger McCluskey 8 G. C. Murphy Eagle Offy TC 141 Engine 40
12 11 Arnie Knepper 24 Retzloff Chemical Lola Ford TC 136 Engine 12
13 16 Mel Kenyon 15 City of Lebanon, Indiana Gerhardt Offy TC 128 Engine
14 12 Ronnie Bucknum 45 Weinberger Homes Eagle Offy TC 128 Engine
15 5 Al Unser 5 Retzloff Chemical Lola Ford TC 122 Engine
16 23 Sonny Ates 31 Federal Engineering Gerhardt Offy TC 93 Wrecked
17 22 Johnny Rutherford 22 Michner Petroleum Eagle Offy TC 93 Wrecked
18 26 Bruce Jacobi 65 Travelon Trailer Gerhardt Offy 65 Engine
19 6 Bobby Unser 3 Rislone Eagle Offy TC 63 Broken connecting rod
20 2 Art Pollard 20 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine 47 Broken universal joint
21 25 Rick Muther 44 Boyce Holt Racing Gerhardt Chevy 44 Engine
22 4 Jim Malloy 67 Jim Robbins Seat Belt Vollstedt Offy TC 15 Wrecked
23 3 A. J. Foyt 1 Sheraton-Thompson Coyote Ford TC 6 Wrecked
24 1 Mario Andretti 2 Overseas National Airways Brawner Offy TC 6 Wrecked
25 18 Wally Dallenbach 54 Valvoline Finley Offy TC 6 Oil leak
-- -- Mario Andretti 16 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Gerhardt Offy TC 191 Relieved Snider 10-200 266
-- -- Al Unser 24 Retzloff Chemical Lola Ford TC 16 Relieved Knepper 121-136 8
-- -- Bobby Unser 90 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Offy TC 79 Relieved Mosley 99-177 40
-- -- Karl Busson 108 Cavanaugh Kurtis FE Chevy -- Broken timing chain practice
-- -- Max Dudley 61 Dudley Trucking Gerhardt Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Rollie Beale 12 Kilman Meskowski D Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Norm Ellefson 59 Hale Brabham Chevy -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Joe Leonard 60 Parnelli Jones-STP Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Bent turbine blade practice
-- -- Denny Zimmerman 26 Bulldog Stables Gerhardt Offy TC -- DNS, clutch failure
-- -- Dempsey Wilson 51 Greenman-Casale Halibrand Chevy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Greg Weld 99 Joe Hunt Magneto Lesovsky D Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Keith Rachwitz 55 Lynch Halibrand Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Earl Smith 101 Earl Smith Gerhardt Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Wilkerson 38 Jack Adams Aircraft/Wynn's Brawner Offy TC -- Driven by McElreath
-- -- Carl Williams 24 Retzloff Chemical Lola Ford TC -- Driven by A. Knepper
-- -- George Benson 34 Speedy's Broasted Chicken Huffaker Chevy -- Did not appear

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Lloyd Ruby 83 101-183
Al Unser 60 14, 42-100
Art Pollard 40 1-13, 15-41
Gary Bettenhausen 17 184-200